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Voice Communication Security

I am doing some research on VOIP and have noticed that skype and viber are two applications or softwares that are mostly used for communication and skype is the most famous one.

I have even read some articles about which of these two software is better, they have mentioned all the features and advantages of these 2 softwares but none of these articles have talked about security concern of these 2 softwares,

2FA makes logging in to your account much more secure, but what about the messages you send and receive once you're in the app? Skype does not offer 2FA, but it does provide tips on how to keep your password safe. More importantly, Skype encrypts the messages sent over its platform, which makes these messages unreadable or "unhackable" by a third party. This encryption protects any personal information you may send or receive. Skype also has an extensive list of its security measures in its help centre, e.g. http://www.skype.com/en/security/ .

Neither of these platforms is foolproof and I have not yet come across an app that is 100% secure, but new security measures are being developed every day and most of the platforms out there are doing their best to upgrade their protective measures continuously.

I will go through this article that you have written, well I think both Skype and Viber both use their own methods of security which protects users account from being hacked by hacker but my concern was how secure is the voice data that is being transmitted over the connection between the skype softwares over internet?

A hacker is more concerned about hacking the data or packets that are being transmitted over internet between 2 end users or devices.

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